Is Crystal Data Center bad?

[AvenoMatt]

I think you need to fine the right server on Crystal. Diabolos here and from my experience Diabolos is relaxed. There is RP but from what I have seen it's minimal. If you want RP you go to one of the other servers like Balmung. Ul'dah on Diabolos verse Ul'dah on Balmung is greatly different. On Diabolos it is pretty calm with mostly ppl just chilling or going about their business while in Balmung it is crowded especially the Adventures Guild which is full of ppl RPing. Granted it has been months since I've visited so maybe it has died down or gotten worse.

[Ilenya]

Ul'dah on Diabolos verse Ul'dah on Balmung is greatly different.

Speaking as a Balmung player with alts on numerous servers, Ul'dah in Balmung is miles different from any other server.

[MPK]

Yes.

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Oof worse than I expected

[Tsumdere]

The data center split set Crystal up for failure as soon as they put all of the servers with the lowest clear rate together. Duh.

That being said, raiding on Crystal is fine. The scene is much smaller, but you can do everything that Aether does. I've cleared Ultimates via PUGs on Crystal. It ain't that bad. Hell, I would say the raiding scene is better than in Aether and Primal, because there isn't as many snakes sneaking into parties for carries since the community is much smaller and you'll form notoriety for being a jerk much faster.

[Conundrum]

Only thing that kinda bothers me on Crystal is PF seems pretty dead when I check it.

[Tsumdere]

Only thing that kinda bothers me on Crystal is PF seems pretty dead when I check it.

Do you happen to be PST? I've noticed that a huge majority of Crystal is EST, so it's pretty difficult for me to find parties when I get home at 7 pm PST time. Doesn't stop me from making my own parties, but can be kind of annoying.

[Conundrum]

I always felt when they broke NA into 3 data centers, they did it intentionally based on some of these metrics.

Brynhildr and Diablos were Primal, and I always knew raiders there but in totality, Crystal just doesn't cut the mustard when it comes to clearing savage or ultimate with <10% E12S clears on average per server, which makes recruiting harder too. So it's a chicken and the egg problem. Why start on Crystal when you can start on the better DCs.

To non raiders like me, I those things as positives and make me happy I came here.

[Conundrum]

Speaking as a Balmung player with alts on numerous servers, Ul'dah in Balmung is miles different from any other server.

I was shopping around for so.ething last night and decided to check out the famous Ul'dah Quicksand si ce my main lives their on Malboro. It was so strange seeing so many people in and around it.

[Ilenya]

I was shopping around for so.ething last night and decided to check out the famous Ul'dah Quicksand si ce my main lives their on Malboro. It was so strange seeing so many people in and around it.

Everywhere else feels so empty to me. I have an alt on Diabolos and it's almost a ghost town in there.